11 July 2014

Gaza is attacked every 3 minutes

The Geneva based Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights released an initial statistic for of the outcome of the Israeli attack on the besieged Gaza Strip.


It confirmed that as Israeli forces continue their offensive, they have increased the bombing of civilian facilities, have stepped up their targeting of civilian women and children in particular, and the bombing of houses continues at a high pace.

 

The Euro-Mid Human Right Observer stated that as the aggressive continues, Israeli forces continue to target entire families. They  carried out mass murder operation against Ghannam family in Rafah southern Gaza Strip, at dawn on Friday, and led to the house was completely destroyed on the head  of its residents without warning, killing five of the family including a child 7 years. Their bodies arrived at the hospital charred and cut. 15 of the neighbors were wounded; some are in critical condition, including children. The paramedic staffs have been looking for the family members for hours them under the rubble of the house.

 

It stated that there is a notable increase in the Israeli Occupation Forces targeting of civilian facilities in the besieged Gaza Strip on the fourth day of the aggression corresponding to the eleventh of July, where it has targeted Al Salah School, a school sponsors orphans in Deir al-Balah. They also targeted a water well which provides more than 20,000 Gazans from Al Zaytoon neighborhood with water, and before that another well and wastewater treatment station were targeted. Also, bombing a car owned by the municipality of Bureij left two people in very serious injury.

 

Electricity was targeted as well, where its lines in Gaza, Rafah and northern Gaza Strip were targeted and led to the loss of 45 megawatts from the already rendered electricity.

 

The number of victims on the fourth day was 21; including three children and two women, and 16 male civilians. Statistics showed that this raises the total number of victims to 103 dead, including 23 children and 12 women and 68 men.

The number of wounded on Friday only is 163 injured. Their injuries ranged between medium, minor and serious, including 58 children, 38 women and 79 men from civilians. This raises the number of casualties since the beginning of the attack to the 796 wounded; 263 children, 125 women and 408 civilian men.

Statistic showed that on Friday, Gaza strip was targeted by 527 missile strike; ranged between 89 sea shell , 314 airstrike and 124 artillery shells.

 

It pointed out that the total number of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the military operation has greatly increased in unprecedented level in comparison with the previous operations. They represent the most violent attacks in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, which reached until midnight Friday, 2161 shell, ranged between 1402 air raids .329 sea strikes, and 330 artillery shells.

The Euro-Mid Statistic reported that on Friday IOF destroyed 305 homes; 36 of which were completely destroyed, and another 269 were partially destroyed. Consequently, the total of the demolished homes since the beginning of the attack rise to 894; 124 of them completely destroyed and 770 partially damaged.

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